Issue an Invoice

Issue an invoice using this endpoint.

POST /v1/invoices/:id/issue

Curl

curl -u [YOUR_KEY_ID]:[YOUR_KEY_SECRET] \
-X POST  https://api.razorpay.com/v1/invoices/inv_DAweOiQ7amIUVd/issue

Success

{
  "id": "inv_DAweOiQ7amIUVd",
  "entity": "invoice",
  "receipt": "#0961",
  "invoice_number": "#0961",
  "customer_id": "cust_DAtUWmvpktokrT",
  "customer_details": {
    "id": "cust_DAtUWmvpktokrT",
    "name": "<name>",
    "email": "<email>",
    "contact": "<phone>",
    "gstin": null,
    "billing_address": {
      "id": "addr_DAtUWoxgu91obl",
      "type": "billing_address",
      "primary": true,
      "line1": "318 C-Wing, Suyog Co. Housing Society Ltd.",
      "line2": "T.P.S Road, Vazira, Borivali",
      "zipcode": "400092",
      "city": "Mumbai",
      "state": "Maharashtra",
      "country": "in"
    },
    "shipping_address": null,
    "customer_name": "<name>",
    "customer_email": "<email>",
    "customer_contact": "<phone>"
  },
  "order_id": "order_DBG3P8ZgDd1dsG",
  "line_items": [
    {
      "id": "li_DAweOizsysoJU6",
      "item_id": null,
      "name": "Book / English August - Updated name and quantity",
      "description": "150 points in Quidditch",
      "amount": 400,
      "unit_amount": 400,
      "gross_amount": 400,
      "tax_amount": 0,
      "taxable_amount": 400,
      "net_amount": 400,
      "currency": "SGD",
      "type": "invoice",
      "tax_inclusive": false,
      "hsn_code": null,
      "sac_code": null,
      "tax_rate": null,
      "unit": null,
      "quantity": 1,
      "taxes": []
    },
    {
      "id": "li_DAwjWQUo07lnjF",
      "item_id": null,
      "name": "Book / A Wild Sheep Chase",
      "description": null,
      "amount": 200,
      "unit_amount": 200,
      "gross_amount": 200,
      "tax_amount": 0,
      "taxable_amount": 200,
      "net_amount": 200,
      "currency": "SGD",
      "type": "invoice",
      "tax_inclusive": false,
      "hsn_code": null,
      "sac_code": null,
      "tax_rate": null,
      "unit": null,
      "quantity": 1,
      "taxes": []
    }
  ],
  "payment_id": null,
  "status": "issued",
  "expire_by": 1567103399,
  "issued_at": 1566974805,
  "paid_at": null,
  "cancelled_at": null,
  "expired_at": null,
  "sms_status": null,
  "email_status": null,
  "date": 1566891149,
  "terms": null,
  "partial_payment": false,
  "gross_amount": 600,
  "tax_amount": 0,
  "taxable_amount": 600,
  "amount": 600,
  "amount_paid": 0,
  "amount_due": 600,
  "currency": "SGD",
  "currency_symbol": "<currency_symbol>",
  "description": "This is a test invoice.",
  "notes": {
    "updated-key": "An updated note."
  },
  "comment": null,
  "short_url": "https://rzp.io/i/K8Zg72C",
  "view_less": true,
  "billing_start": null,
  "billing_end": null,
  "type": "invoice",
  "group_taxes_discounts": false,
  "created_at": 1566906474,
  "idempotency_key": null
}

Available in🇮🇳 India🇸🇬 Singapore🇺🇸 United States

Use this endpoint to issue invoices to your customers. Only an invoice in the draft state can be issued.

Curl

curl -u [YOUR_KEY_ID]:[YOUR_KEY_SECRET] \
-X POST  https://api.razorpay.com/v1/invoices/inv_DAweOiQ7amIUVd/issue

Success

{
  "id": "inv_DAweOiQ7amIUVd",
  "entity": "invoice",
  "receipt": "#0961",
  "invoice_number": "#0961",
  "customer_id": "cust_DAtUWmvpktokrT",
  "customer_details": {
    "id": "cust_DAtUWmvpktokrT",
    "name": "<name>",
    "email": "<email>",
    "contact": "<phone>",
    "gstin": null,
    "billing_address": {
      "id": "addr_DAtUWoxgu91obl",
      "type": "billing_address",
      "primary": true,
      "line1": "318 C-Wing, Suyog Co. Housing Society Ltd.",
      "line2": "T.P.S Road, Vazira, Borivali",
      "zipcode": "400092",
      "city": "Mumbai",
      "state": "Maharashtra",
      "country": "in"
    },
    "shipping_address": null,
    "customer_name": "<name>",
    "customer_email": "<email>",
    "customer_contact": "<phone>"
  },
  "order_id": "order_DBG3P8ZgDd1dsG",
  "line_items": [
    {
      "id": "li_DAweOizsysoJU6",
      "item_id": null,
      "name": "Book / English August - Updated name and quantity",
      "description": "150 points in Quidditch",
      "amount": 400,
      "unit_amount": 400,
      "gross_amount": 400,
      "tax_amount": 0,
      "taxable_amount": 400,
      "net_amount": 400,
      "currency": "SGD",
      "type": "invoice",
      "tax_inclusive": false,
      "hsn_code": null,
      "sac_code": null,
      "tax_rate": null,
      "unit": null,
      "quantity": 1,
      "taxes": []
    },
    {
      "id": "li_DAwjWQUo07lnjF",
      "item_id": null,
      "name": "Book / A Wild Sheep Chase",
      "description": null,
      "amount": 200,
      "unit_amount": 200,
      "gross_amount": 200,
      "tax_amount": 0,
      "taxable_amount": 200,
      "net_amount": 200,
      "currency": "SGD",
      "type": "invoice",
      "tax_inclusive": false,
      "hsn_code": null,
      "sac_code": null,
      "tax_rate": null,
      "unit": null,
      "quantity": 1,
      "taxes": []
    }
  ],
  "payment_id": null,
  "status": "issued",
  "expire_by": 1567103399,
  "issued_at": 1566974805,
  "paid_at": null,
  "cancelled_at": null,
  "expired_at": null,
  "sms_status": null,
  "email_status": null,
  "date": 1566891149,
  "terms": null,
  "partial_payment": false,
  "gross_amount": 600,
  "tax_amount": 0,
  "taxable_amount": 600,
  "amount": 600,
  "amount_paid": 0,
  "amount_due": 600,
  "currency": "SGD",
  "currency_symbol": "<currency_symbol>",
  "description": "This is a test invoice.",
  "notes": {
    "updated-key": "An updated note."
  },
  "comment": null,
  "short_url": "https://rzp.io/i/K8Zg72C",
  "view_less": true,
  "billing_start": null,
  "billing_end": null,
  "type": "invoice",
  "group_taxes_discounts": false,
  "created_at": 1566906474,
  "idempotency_key": null
}

Path Parameters

id · string · required

The unique identifier of the invoice.

Response Parameters

id · string

The unique identifier of the invoice.

entity · string

Indicates the type of entity. Here, it is invoice.

type · string

Here, it should be invoice.

invoice_number · string

Unique number you added for internal reference. The minimum character length is 1 and maximum is 40.

customer_id · string

The unique identifier of the customer. You can create customer_id using the Customers API. Alternatively, you can pass the customer object described in the below fields.

customer_details · object

Details of the customer.

id · string

Unique identifier of the customer. For example, cust_1Aa00000000004.

name · string

Customer’s name. Alphanumeric, with period (.), apostrophe (’) and parentheses allowed. The name must be between 3-50 characters in length. For example, Gaurav Kumar.

email · string

The customer’s email address. A maximum length of 64 characters. For example, [e-mail].

contact · string

The customer’s phone number. A maximum length of 15 characters including country code. For example, [phone].

billing_address · object

Details of the customer’s billing address.

id · string

The unique identifier generated for the customer’s billing address.

type · string

The customer address type. Here it is billing_address.

primary · boolean

Defines if this is the primary address.

• true: It is the customer’s primary address.
• false: It is not the customer’s primary address.

line1 · string

The first line of the customer’s address.

line2 · string

The second line of the customer’s address.

city · string

The city.

zipcode · string

The zipcode.

state · string

The state.

country · string

The country.

shipping_address · object

Details of the customer’s shipping address.

id · string

The unique identifier generated for the customer’s shipping address.

type · string

The customer address type. Here it is shipping_address.

primary · boolean

Defines if this is the primary address.

• true: It is the customer’s primary address.
• false: It is not the customer’s primary address.

line1 · string

The first line of the customer’s address.

line2 · string

The second line of the customer’s address.

city · string

The city.

zipcode · string

The zipcode.

state · string

The state.

country · string

The country.

order_id · string

The unique identifier of the order associated with the invoice.

line_items · object

Details of the line item that is billed in the invoice. Maximum of 50 line items.

id · string

Unique identifier that is generated if a new item has been created while creating the invoice.

item_id · string

Unique identifier of the item generated using Items API that has been billed in the invoice.

name · string

The item’s name.

description · string

A brief description of the item.

amount · integer

The price of the item.

currency · string

The currency associated with the item. Default is INR. Know about the list of supported international currencies.

type · string

Here, it is invoice.

quantity · integer

The quantity of the item billed in the invoice. Defaults to 1.

payment_id · string

Unique identifier of a payment made against this invoice.

status · string

The status of the invoice. Know more about Invoice States. Possible values:

• draft
• issued
• partially_paid
• paid
• cancelled
• expired
• deleted

expire_by · integer

Timestamp, in Unix format, at which the invoice will expire.

issued_at · integer

Timestamp, in Unix format, at which the invoice was issued to the customer.

paid_at · integer

Timestamp, in Unix format, at which the payment was made.

cancelled_at · integer

Timestamp, in Unix format, at which the invoice was cancelled.

expired_at · integer

Timestamp, in Unix format, at which the invoice expired.

sms_status · string

The delivery status of the SMS notification for the invoice sent to the customer. Possible values:

• pending
• sent

email_status · string

The delivery status of the email notification for the invoice sent to the customer. Possible values:

• pending
• sent

partial_payment · boolean

Indicates whether the customer can make a partial payment on the invoice. Possible values:

• true: The customer can make partial payments.
• false (default): The customer cannot make partial payments.

amount · integer

Amount to be paid using the invoice. Must be in the smallest unit of the currency. For example, if the amount to be received from the customer is , pass the value as 30000.

amount_paid · integer

Amount paid by the customer against the invoice.

amount_due · integer

The remaining amount to be paid by the customer for the issued invoice.

currency · string

The currency associated with the invoice. You must mandatorily pass this parameter if accepting international payments. If you have passed currency as a sub-parameter in the line_item object, you must ensure that the same currency is passed in both places. Know about the list of supported international currencies.

description · string

A brief description of the invoice. The maximum character length is 2048.

notes · object

Any custom notes added to the invoice. Maximum of 2048 characters.

short_url · string

The short URL that is generated. Share this link with customers to accept payments.

date · integer

Timestamp, in Unix format, that indicates the issue date of the invoice.

terms · string

Any terms to be included in the invoice. Maximum of 2048 characters.

comment · string

Any comments to be added in the invoice. Maximum of 2048 characters.

Errors

The API `<key/secret> ` provided is invalid.

Code: 400

There is a mismatch between the API credentials passed in the API call and those generated on the Dashboard.

Solution:

• Ensure that the API Keys are active and entered correctly.
• There should be no whitespaces before or after the keys.

line_items is required.

Code: 400

Items and customer details are missing.

Solution: Add items and customer details.

Operation not allowed for Invoice in issued status.

Code: 400

You are trying to issue an invoice that is already issued.

Solution: Issue an invoice in the draft state.

The id provided does not exist.

Code: 400

There is an error in the invoice id. It may be incorrect or invalid.

Solution: Check that you have entered a valid invoice id.

customer is required.

Code: 400

The invoice does not have a customer attached. An invoice cannot be issued without customer details.

Solution: Update the invoice first to add a customer_id or a customer object before issuing.

expire_by should be at least 15 minutes after current time.

Code: 400

The invoice has an expire_by value that is in the past or less than 15 minutes from the current server time. An invoice cannot be issued with an immediate or past expiry.

Solution: Update the invoice’s expire_by to a timestamp at least 15 minutes in the future before issuing.